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Arkansas State

Arkansas State University · 2022 · Sun Belt

FanBoardHQ CFP
#118
Efficiency
-13.6
110th FBS
Record
3-9
Conf. record
1-7
Conf. finish
14th
of 14
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Arkansas State went 3-9 and was ranked 118th in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 92nd-ranked offense was the engine, backed by a 120th-ranked defense. They passed the ball on 58% of offensive plays with a 74th-ranked passing attack and ran the ball on the remaining 42% of plays with a 135th-ranked rushing attack.

Quadrant record

By opponent strength, adjusted for where the game was played.

Q1
0-1
Q2
0-0
Q3
0-3
Q4
3-5

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 3.0 wins
Strength of Record
119th
-6.3 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
82nd
full season
82nd
AP poll
Unranked
Conf. sched. difficulty
93rd
a 25th-ranked team would win ~6.5 conference games on this schedule

The resume

Every game on the schedule. Click a row for the game breakdown (played) or the matchup projection (upcoming).

WkOpponentConfOpp rankResultExp. marginWin probGameScoreQuad
1vs GramblingSWACW 583+23.1100%8.9Q4
2@ Ohio StateBig Ten#5L 1245-42.20%-7.4Q1
3@ MemphisAmerican Athletic#65L 3244-19.10%-8.4Q3
4@ Old DominionSun Belt#117L 2629-4.30%-10.1Q4
5vs ULMSun Belt#112W 4528+4.7100%-3.9Q4
6vs James MadisonSun Belt#51L 2042-15.70%-17.6Q3
7@ Southern MissSun Belt#82L 1920-9.00%-6.1Q4
8@ LouisianaSun Belt#88L 1838-12.40%-25.9Q3
9vs South AlabamaSun Belt#53L 331-10.30%-28.0Q4
11vs MassachusettsFBS Independents#131W 3533+15.9100%-26.3Q4
12@ Texas StateSun Belt#114L 1316-3.40%-13.4Q4
13vs TroySun Belt#28L 1948-13.00%-24.9Q4

12 played · 3-9. Expected margin and gamescore use the latest ratings — a completed game shows what the model would say now, not that week.

The season

The model’s read on Arkansas State, recomputed after every week. Toggle between overall, offensive, and defensive efficiency (each with a dot for that week’s game) or the FanBoardHQ CFP rank.

-25.1-9.6+6.09-7-8-10-4-18-6-26-28-26-13-25Week 0Week 17
Line = the model's read each week; dots = that week's game (green above the line, red below).

Passing & rushing

Opponent-adjusted, FBS-only. The bar is the blended Eff rank — EPA/play (scoring value), success rate (staying on schedule), and yards/play (explosiveness), each standardized against the FBS field. The three ranks below each bar are those components, so you can see what's driving it.

Offense
PassingEff 74th
SR 89thYPP 88thEPA 56th
RushingEff 135th
SR 134thYPP 130thEPA 136th
Defense
Pass defenseEff 122nd
SR 110thYPP 129thEPA 121st
Rush defenseEff 117th
SR 114thYPP 102ndEPA 119th
Dropback rate 58%Tempo -2.1 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 57th on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 37%1st · Defense allowed: 45%1st2nd · Offense: 38%2nd · Defense allowed: 42%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 34%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 42%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 54.0Q1 · Allowed: 65.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 87.0Q2 · Allowed: 76.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 89.0Q3 · Allowed: 94.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 45.0Q4 · Allowed: 135.0Q4
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What kind of team is this?

Every team by offensive and defensive efficiency (points/game vs. an average team, higher is better on both). Click a dot for that team.

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Arkansas State Offense vs Defense, 2022
Offensive EffRanked 92nd
-4.9
Field position: -1.4Finishing drives: -3.5
Field position -1.4Finishing drives -3.5= -4.9
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 113th · Finishing 86th

Defensive EffRanked 120th
-9.2
Field position: +0.9Finishing drives: -10.1
Field position +0.9Finishing drives -10.1= -9.2
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 40th · Finishing 127th

1.63 points per drive on offense, 2.34 allowed — starting, on average, at their own 30.

Play-calling & efficiency

What the offense did, by quarter and by down — raw, not opponent-adjusted.

By quarter
Quarter (att.)Pass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(181)54% / 46%29%4.4
Q2(217)59% / 41%40%5.4
Q3(179)55% / 45%44%5.9
Q4(189)53% / 47%33%4.3
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(133)10.044%6.4
2nd(143)9.038%6.0
3rd(135)8.827%4.8
4th(15)6.653%4.9
All (426)37%5.7
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(193)9.632%3.6
2nd(108)7.838%4.5
3rd(29)5.845%5.4
4th(10)4.170%7.4
All (340)36%4.2

Arkansas State, all games.